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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Tolkien described The Lord of the Rings as "a tale that grew in the telling". I doubt he had a clear idea when he set out of exactly what form it would take and how long it would be, and I believe the three volume form we got was dictated by publishing technology of the time, and limits on how big a book could be in a single volume.
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Yes I do recall seeing a documentary where Tolkein had to break up his books into several books.
What you say is still true today there are probably limits imposed on authors today. The scary thing is size is a bit harder to grasp electronically and one thing that scares me is authors not feeling a need to refine their work down to a tolerable page size.
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
That wasn't really apparent to me, but I haven't gone back to re-read. You may be right. Personally, I'm patient, and while I wouldn't have minded a shorter interval between books, I recognize that stories can go off in directions the author hadn't planned.
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I recognize that for many folks the experience of getting lost in a world is part of the fun, I have several friends that enjoyed that aspect of the series. Unfortunately for me I cannot enjoy that aspect alone. I realized after reading his latest book, at the time, I no longer enjoyed the his books they felt more like a chore to read than pleasure.
A book needs to move forward with some direction, his books just seemed to be moving away with no real direction. Just think 20yrs later and he still has not closed the series. He had to pass-away and somebody else take over for the series to end.
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